It was so light and so balanced that he nearly scratched with his ears the ceiling of the arena! I have never seen him like that: Razor-sharp focused, absolutely dedicated,
At 10:30 today I caught myself thinking: How insanely beautiful, wise and athletic he is. One thing that helped me most when developing Cour d’Alaine’s balance under the saddle was
Cour d’Alaine is 6yo, enjoying his 30th ride, and doesn’t cease to amaze me 😍 The horse is dependent on the rider to prepare him for riding. There is an
Life is amazing. Guiding my students gives me possibilities to observe. What I see, is that we put intentions on the grill, and instead of letting them come nicely, and
It doesn’t matter if you train in the open field or in a round-pen, with a halter or without a halter, with treats or without treats, with a whip or
Not that long ago, about 60 years, people were asking bears to sit on them to reduce the pain. When we look at such pictures today, we immediately think that
If saddling your young horse is rushed, if your horse is tied or in the box when you saddle him, he doesn’t have a chance to tell you that he
When we are in serious pain, we act differently. Pain is promoting aggression, repetition, control and even more pain. Pain is changing our actions that we take outside and is
When you look at any “incorrect” movement of the horse captured at any frame or “illustrated” by any graphic, you can see that the reason of the “incorrectness” there, is
I approached it with humbleness and respect, giving myself an endless time for that. My wonderful Pawel who is an advanced yogi was there with me to give me all